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Take Up Your Cross
Lent - Saturday March 9 Matthew 16:21-28; Luke 9:18-27 Take Up Your Cross Whose am I? To Whom do I belong? Do I belong to this world? Am...
Rev. Peter Benzie
Mar 4, 20242 min read
Lost and Found
Lent - Friday March 8 Matthew 16:21-28; Luke 9:18-27 Lost and Found When I first encountered this story, I found it too abstract. As a...
Rev. Peter Benzie
Mar 4, 20242 min read
Correcting the Messiah
Lent - Thursday March 7 Matthew 16:21-28; Luke 9:18-27 Correcting the Messiah What are your expectations for your life with Jesus? I...
Rev. Peter Benzie
Mar 4, 20242 min read
Breaking the Mould
Lent - Wednesday March 6 Matthew 16:21-28; Luke 9:18-27 Breaking the Mould A few verses earlier, Peter declared that Jesus was the...
Rev. Peter Benzie
Mar 4, 20242 min read
Our Daily Cross
Lent - Tuesday March 5 Matthew 16:21-28; Luke 9:18-27 Our Daily Cross All too often, we can get stuck in the expectation that following...
Rev. Peter Benzie
Mar 4, 20242 min read
Deny Yourself
Lent - Monday March 4 Matthew 16:21-28; Luke 9:18-27 Introduction Jesus was honest with His disciples (and with us) about expectations....
Rev. Peter Benzie
Mar 4, 20242 min read
When The Storm Lasts
Lent - Saturday March 2 Matthew 8:23-27; Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25 When The Storm Lasts As I read about Jesus calming the storm, my...
Rev. Peter Benzie
Feb 26, 20242 min read
Where Is Your Faith?
Lent - Friday March 1 Matthew 8:23-27; Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25 Where Is Your Faith? I recently attempted to get relief from a shoulder...
Rev. Peter Benzie
Feb 26, 20242 min read
Questioning Jesus in the Unknown
Lent - Thursday February 29 Matthew 8:23-27; Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25 Questioning Jesus in the Unknown When Jesus invited His disciples...
Rev. Peter Benzie
Feb 26, 20241 min read
Calming the Storm: Getting to the Other Side of Faith
Lent - Wednesday February 28 Matthew 8:23-27; Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25 Calming the Storm: Getting to the Other Side of Faith From as...
Rev. Peter Benzie
Feb 26, 20242 min read
Embracing the Storm
Lent - Tuesday February 27 Matthew 8:23-27; Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25 Embracing the Storm When this story took place, the disciples had...
Rev. Peter Benzie
Feb 26, 20242 min read
Calming the Storm
Lent - Monday February 26 Matthew 8:23-27; Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25 Introduction This week, we will look at the familiar story of Jesus...
Rev. Peter Benzie
Feb 26, 20242 min read
Temptation of Jesus
Lent - February 24 Matthew 4:1-11, Luke 4:1-13 Temptation of Jesus In these verses, we can see that Jesus is fully human yet fully God....
Rev. Peter Benzie
Feb 19, 20242 min read
If You Are The Son of God
Lent - February 23 Matthew 4:1-11, Luke 4:1-13 If You Are The Son of God The Devil’s temptation of Jesus starts by attempting to erode...
Rev. Peter Benzie
Feb 19, 20242 min read
The Power of God’s Word
Lent - February 22 Matthew 4:1-11, Luke 4:1-13 The Power of God’s Word Jesus was led into the desert. After forty days and nights, He was...
Rev. Peter Benzie
Feb 19, 20242 min read
Life in the Wild
Lent - February 21 Matthew 4:1-11, Luke 4:1-13 Life in the Wild In Matthew 4, we find Jesus in a desolate place. What’s interesting about...
Rev. Peter Benzie
Feb 19, 20242 min read
The Wilderness: A Place of Preparation
Lent - February 20 Matthew 4:1-11, Luke 4:1-13 The Wilderness: A Place of Preparation I have a hard time reading that Jesus was led into...
Rev. Peter Benzie
Feb 19, 20242 min read
The Return of the King
Lent - February 19 Matthew 4:1-11, Luke 4:1-13 Introduction The story of the temptation of Jesus is one of the traditional passages read...
Rev. Peter Benzie
Feb 19, 20242 min read
What Do You Want?
Lent - February 15 (Thursday) “What do you want me to do for you?” If I put myself in this story, I can imagine Jesus bending down to...
Rev. Peter Benzie
Feb 15, 20242 min read
Through Bartimaeus’ Eyes
Lent February 17 (Saturday) Imagine this story through Bartemaeus’ eyes. What might he have been thinking? I can imagine it might be...
Rev. Peter Benzie
Feb 15, 20242 min read
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